The Culture Secretariat, through the National Institute of Fine Arts, and the Alfonsina International Society convene the 2018 Xavier Villaurrutia Award from Writers to Writers.

It may participate Mexican writers residing in any country, as well as foreign authors, who must reside in the Mexico and prove their legal stay in the country for at least five years.

Books of poetry, literary essay, narrative, chronicle and dramaturgy, written in Spanish, or in any other language included in the Catalog of National Indigenous Languages ​​(http://www.inali.gob.mx/clin-inali/) may participate, whose first edition was published in Mexico during 2018 and is recorded on the legal page or in the colophon.

The participating books should be sent to the National Coordination of Literature of the National Institute of Fine Arts Casa Leona Vicario, República de Brasil 37, Centro Histórico, Ciudad de México, 06020), on working days from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The admission of books begins as of the publication of the call and ends on January 11, 2019, at 4:00 p.m.

Click on the link below to see the rules of participation.